LA CITTÀ DI RAGUSA
IN OCCASIONE DEL 150 ANNIVERSARIO-
DELL’UNITA D’ITALIA, RAFFERMA IL VALORE DELLA COMUNE IDENTITA
DEL POPOLO ITALIANO CARATTERIZZATA DA LUNGA E QUALCHE VOLTA SOFFERTA STORIA DI AMORE PATRIO. ESPRIME LA VOLONTA DI CUSTODIRE IL PROPRIO PASSATO E VIVENDO IL PRESENTE, DI PROIETTARSI NEL FUTURO. UN FUTURO NEL QUALE CONTINUINO AD ESSERE PIATTAFORMA COMUNE DELLA CONVIVENZA CIVILE IL RECIPROCO RISPETTO, LA LEALTA E LA FIDUCIA.

RAGUSA, 17 MARZO 2011
IL SINDACO

One of the signs on the wall of the town hall of Ragusa.
On March 17, 1861, the Italian Parliament declared that Vittorio Emanuele was the King of Italy, a declaration that marked the establishment of a united Italy, this after two months before the Parliament convened for the first time.

The town hall was photographed on the same day Click for a larger image

The wall with this commemorative plaque on it, and other plaques was photographed on the same day Click for a larger image

Translation of the text on the sign:
THE CITY OF RAGUSA
ON THE OCCASION OF THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY
OF THE UNIFICATION OF ITALY, REAFFIRMS THE VALUE OF THE COMMON IDENTITY
OF THE ITALIAN PEOPLE, CHARACTERIZED BY A LONG AND SOMETIMES SUFFERED HISTORY OF LOVE FOR THEIR COUNTRY. IT EXPRESSES THE WILL TO PRESERVE ITS PAST AND, LIVING IN THE PRESENT, TO PROJECT ITSELF INTO THE FUTURE. A FUTURE IN WHICH MUTUAL RESPECT, LOYALTY AND TRUST CONTINUE TO BE A COMMON PLATFORM OF CIVIL COEXISTENCE.

RAGUSA, MARCH 17, 2011
THE MAYOR